De or het stoep?
de stoep
pavement, footpath, sidewalk
/stup/
Forms
- Singular
- de stoep
- Plural
- de stoepen
- Diminutive
- het stoepje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de stoep is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de stoepen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het stoepje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze stoep | deze stoepen |
| that, those | die stoep | die stoepen |
| which (the … that) | de stoep die … | de stoepen die … |
| our | onze stoep | onze stoepen |
Meaning in English
- pavement, footpath, sidewalk
- stoop, platform before a (major) door into a building, doorstep
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